Thursday Jetty Count for
the Ecola Point,Ecola State Park, Clatsop Co., OR
8 Aug 1997 - 0900 to 1000

Tide: in coming
Weather: sunny
Wind northwest at 5mph; Temp 65F

Method: One hour (timed) station count from observation deck at Ecola
Point using 20x60 Bushnell spotting scope and 8x50 Bushnell
binoculars. Birds were sorted as to flyby, sitting rocks, sitting
on ocean.

flyby ocean rocks total
Pacific Loon PALO 7 7
RT Loon RTLO 2 2
Red-necked Grebe RNGR 1
Sooty Shearwater SOSH 3 3
Northern Fulmar NOFU 2 2
Brandt's Cormorant BRCO 21 2 139 162
Pelagic Cormorant PECO 8 8
Brown Pelican BRPE 2 113 115
Harlequin Duck HADU 8 8
Surf Scoter SUSC 7 7
White-wing Scoter WWSC 8 8
West Gull WEGU 35 59 94
GW Gull GWGU 1 1
California Gull CAGU 1 1
Heerman's Gull HEEG 6 2 8
Caspian Tern CATE 4 4
Black Oystercatcher BLOY 3 3
Common Murre COMU 430 800 280 1510
Pigeon Guillemot PIGU 1 12 13
Rhinocerus Auklet RHAU 2 2
Tufted Puffin TUPU 1 1

NOTES: COMMON MURRE continue to decrease in numbers. PIGEON GUILLEMOT
numbers have also dropped. A pair of NORTHERN FULMAR flew from north to
south at about 0910hr.

A running account of this and other seawatches is available at:
http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/enso/jetty.html


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* Mike Patterson, Astoria, OR * when the wind is southerly,
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